Cranberry Township supervisors learned Thursday that a quest to secure federal funding by a housing developer for a township project has fallen short.
“The Hudson Group did not get awarded the grant funding,” township manager Chad Findlay said at a supervisors meeting.
The Hudson Group, a developer that has multi-unit housing complexes in Clarion and Conneautville, has been working for at least two years with the township to construct a senior housing development for low- to moderate-income individuals.
The complex, one that will provide rent subsidies for senior citizens, would contain 30 to 40 rental units.
The developer was turned down for a similar grant last year, too.
“This may go to a third round … or it may be a dead issue,” said Findlay. “They may also look at another funding source.”
Supervisor Fred Buckholtz said, “Sometimes it takes multiple times …. There is surely a need here. We need to keep pursuing it.”
Findlay told the supervisors two other grant requests have also been turned down. One was for upgrades to the water treatment system and the other was aimed at sewer pipe repairs on Riverside Drive.
The pipes were damaged in a July 2019 flash flood.
The comparison to last year, though, may not be an actual reflection since the 2019 year included some revenue “windfalls” such as a large sale of timber.
“So, we’ll have to watch things,” said Findlay. “I think, though, we can absorb this.”
In other matters, the supervisors appointed Lawrence “Gus” Kirwin to the township general authority.
